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Could anyone recommend a sewing class in manhattan (men's clothes)? I work near the fashion district, popped into several of those fabric shops and asked around for classes; they all looked at me like I was on crack. Nothing sticking out from google searches either.

I wonder if you can rent sewing rooms somewhere in the city as well, with a table and a machine to learn on for us spacially challenged tiny apartment types.

About sewing machines, I agree about trying to find a good vintage one. Seriously, the old ones are built to last and can sew straight seams unlike some newer models. By straight, I mean that each individual stitch is actually straight; on modern machines you sometimes see that the individual stitches are ever so slightly off.

Back home in Sweden I have this old Singer which is the greatest, cost me about 150 € some years ago. The instruction booklet is a combined one for electric and manual models!

I'm currently half way through a short course in clothesmaking (10weeks altogether) and i'm making a coat (that will actually fit the length of me properly yay) out of a heavy cream cotton with a rose print on it, at the moment it has no collar so it looks like a glorified labcoat

Are there any websites that talk about the basics of sewing like how to put in "darts" or whatever those things in shirts are called. I'm tossing out a bunch of clothes and decided, why not practice sewing on them. But I don't like getting books... hehe. And I thought there might be some good websites, so.....